WEATHER: Severe storm with heavy rain and HAIL expected

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Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces.

SAWS has issued a Yellow Level 4 and 2 warning for severe storms and a Yellow Level 2 warning for strong winds, with possible localised flooding, excessive lightning, damaging winds and hail over parts of South Africa.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Severe thunderstorm, leading to heavy downpours with flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail a populated area expected in the western interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms, leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail a populated area expected in the extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape, Free State except in the north, as well as in places over KwaZulu-Natal, except in the western interior

C. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Damaging Winds, leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and localised damage to temporary structures between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the over the western parts of Northern Cape and the north- western part of Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the western Highveld.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thunder- showers but widespread in the east.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thunder- showers.

Free State

In Free State, cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thunder- showers.

Northern Cape

The day will start fine in the extreme west with morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers to thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south easterly.

Western Cape

Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be cool to warm along the south coast where light rain is expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly along the south, otherwise strong south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. A 30% chance of light rain can be expected along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, reaching strong from the afternoon.

The Eastern half: The day will start cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thunder- showers, but isolated in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, becoming fresh to strong north-easterly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

morning fog over the southern interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north east where it will be partly cloudy. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the south until late morning, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.